Plant marker



Aug. 18, 1931. A. v. HART ET AL 1,819,708

PLANT MARKER Filed Nov. 13, 1930 I 1 gwuWo m V Patented Aug. 18, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFF cE ALFRED V. HART, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND vDAVID B. THOMS, OF TORRING- TON, CONNECTICUT PLANT MARKER Application filed November 13, 1930. Serial No. 495,502.

This invention relates to a marker for use in identifying plants.

It is an object of the invention to provide a simple and inexpensive device which can be readily forced into the soil adjacent to a plant, said device including an integral clip for gripping a tab on which appears the de sired data for identification purposes.

Another object is to provide a tab having means cooperating with the clip for preventing accidental displacement of the tab.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear'as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre- I ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure, 1.

Referring to the figures'by characters of reference, 1 desi nates a single length of stiff wire the middle portion of which is coiled as shown at 2 to provide a clip while the remaining portions of the wire converge away from the clip as at 3 and are then twisted together to form an elongated stem 4. The wire can be made of a metal which will resist rust and corrosion so that it will be possible to use the device repeatedly under all climatic conditions. a

The tab used in connection with stake consists of a piece of celluloid or other suitable weather resisting material indicated at 5. This is adapted to be forced between the convolutions of the clip 2 and has lugs 6 struck there-from. These lugs are so positioned that when the tab is inserted into the clip the lugs will assume positions within the circle defined by the clip and as they are offset from the tab they will be extended in opposite directions against or close to the clip at diametrically opposed points. Thus it becomes impossible to withdraw the tabin any direction without first placing the lugs back into the plane of the tab.

Any suitable identification data may be printed or otherwise displayed on the tab.

What is claimed is:

1. A plant marker including a single length of wire bent to provide a coil constituting a clip having anelongated stem extending from the coil, and a tab insertible between the convolutions of the coil to be gripped thereby, there being oppositely extended spaced slugs integral with and extending from the tab within the space defined by the coil, the ends of the lugs constituting means for thrusting in opposite directions respectively against the coil.

2. A plant marker including a stem, a portion integral with one end thereof constituting a clip, a tab insertible into the clip, and oppositely extending'lugs struck from the tab and cooperating with the clip to hold the tab against'lateral withdrawal fromthe clip.

3. A- plant marker including a single stem, a, tab insertible between the gripping members, and oppositely extending lugs on the tab and shiftable relative thereto, said lugs constituting means for holding the tab again-st lateral withdrawal from between said members. 7 v

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto afl'ixed our signa tures.

ALFRED V, HART. DAVID B. TI-IOMS. 

